Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-17
G.. A. R.
Not Pleased, 2and vigorously
Protesting.

NEW YORK, June l6.-At reception
rendered General FairchiId, Commander
in.Chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public, by the Alexander Hamilton Post
last night, General Fairchild used the
following words, in speaking of the order
directing the return of Confederate flags
"May God palsy the hand that wrote
the order. May God palsy the brain
that conceived and may God palsy the
tongue that dictated it," The members
of the post remained in silence moment
and then fairly cheered. Fairchild fur.
ther declared that the members of the
Grand Army would probably now be
called upon to surrender the badges
made from captured cannon. The post
adopted resolutions, among other things
saying:
ReSotced, "That the sacrifice of blood
which the captured emblems represent.
was sacrifice to liberty, national
union and to God.
ResoLred, "That no sentiment of gen.
erosity and expression of magnanimity
is involved in the surrender of these
covenants of the national honor"
1t is stated that General Fairchild had
long talk with General Sherman, and
it is understood that the latter approved
of Fairchild's speech. Neither of them,
however, would say anything to the
reporters.
APPEAL FROM COLORADO.
DENVER, June l6.-A meeting of
Grand Army men was held this after.
noon TO take action in regard to the
order restoring the captured rebel flags
to the Southern States. After discus
sion of the subject it was decided to tele.
graph to Commander. in. Chief Fairchild.
a protest of the Department of Colorado
against the removal of the flags. De-
partment Commander Ady at once tele-
graphed protest as follows: &c. A.
R. Headquar ers, Department of Colo.
rado, Denver, COL, June Is, 1887. Lu-
cius Fairchild, Commander.i r.in.Chief G..
A. r., Madison, Wis: In the name of
the Comrades of the Department of Col
orado, l do most earnestly protest
against the action Of the War Depart
ment in returning the flags now in that
department to the several States lately
in rebellion. Signed, GEO. ADY,
Commander Dept. of Colorado, G. A. r. -
"wOULD BE HUMILIATION.
LINCOLN, Nebraska.-Governo Thay.
err to-day sent message to Presi-
dent Cleveland protesting against the
return of the rebel flags. In the message
ho says: "In that struggle, the late war,
we were right and they were wrong. To
return these emblems of treason would
be to reverse their sacred treaty, and the
next act of humiliation would be for us
to apologize for having captured and
retained them so long. The lessons Of
the late war must not, and will not be,
reversed. The people are indignant at
this proposed return of the flags, and re.
declare, with united voice and renewed
emphasis, that treason must be forever
odious."
IowA's PROTEST.
General Tutte, Commander-in- Chiel
of the Iowa Grand Army, requested
Governor Larrabee to telegraph a pro-
test to the President, which the latter
did, using the words, 81 add to this
request and protest of the surviving
Union soldiers in Iowa the respectful but
equal urgent protest of the people of the
State, and shall deem it my duty to use
all proper endeavor to prevent any such
return of flags captured by Iowa troops.
A LEGAL CONTEST.
SAN FRANcIsco-General Salomon,
Commander of the Department of Cali.
fornia, Grand Army of the Republic,
telegraphed to Adjutant General Gray,
of the Grand Army, protesting against
the delivery of Confederate flags to the
Southern States, and requesting General
Farchild to institute legal proceedings
to preventit.
WANTED THEIR FLAGS.
MILWAUKEE, June l6.-A special to
the Eueniag Wisconsin from Madison,
Wis, says: "Governor Rusk, who is
greatly aroused by the determination Of
the administration to return all the
rebel flags to the original southern COM
panies from which they were taken, has
sent letter to Adjutant.General Drum,
requesting that the rebel flags captured
by Wisconsin troops in the late war bt
returned to that State. Governor Rusk
also sent protest to President Cleve
land against the return of the flags"